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An unsollicited malware just popped up on my screen. According to the intel available, it seems to emanate from Microsoft. The file can’t be located on my computer, though, which is rather suspicious.

I am extremely confident Bill would never cooperate with the US government to shut down sensitive sites – after all, the forced bankrupcy of Belgian company Lernout & Hauspie (1), a former direct rival of Microsoft on voice recognition technology that, up to a certain stage, had ties with CIA and NSA, was nothing but a coincidence, wasn’t it ?

So, it has to be a signal from a few Merry Pranksters of this dawning XXIst century, those who destroy without creating anything (few names in mind)…

As he stands for (his) truth, this blogger doesn’t respond to ultimatums !

“As far as intel transmission and analysis are concerned, it is interesting to underline the fact that, in this case, not a single report was established for the attention of the authorities. We should be unequivocal : the Comity R [in charge of controlling the activities of the Belgian intelligence agency] does not pretend there was any interference or that the Echelon system would have wired Lernout & Hauspie. Said Comity only states that such a possibility exists.”